Vancouver Meet Up?

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  • Thrillhouse
    Thrillhouse Posts: 1
    Flying in from Edmonton the day of the show(got an early flight just to make sure). Pre-party newbie but myself and my roomy would like to join.
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    ok so heres the deal with the Kingston, in order to book the downstairs rec room, there needs to be no minors or else its gotta be upstairs in the restaurant area, so if there is any minors attending please raise your hand now.

    also in order to reserve for a large party there is basically a $4000 fee, we dont have to pay this right up front but our COMBINED tab between ALL of us needs to come to 4000$, so say it comes to 2500$ we would need to fork over 1500$ in rental fees, the wife and I discussed this briefly and we are thinking it would be maybe a better idea for all of us locals to meet well before the show at the Kingston instead of booking, like at 130 or 2 pm for those that can make it at this time, we will then basically "take over" the downstairs rec room and the rest are free to join whenever they want, it will be pretty dead in there at 2 so if 15-25 of us all show up at the same time we will be able to basically reserve the entire downstairs while swindiling our way out of paying the set fee. or if its the general consensus that we will spend 4000$ dollars total we can book it but we feel that its pretty risky.

    Let me know what everyone thinks.....

    also I know there is some animosity between the pit and RM, does anyone have moral objections with me posting the specs about the meet up over there ????
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  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,181
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    ok so heres the deal with the Kingston, in order to book the downstairs rec room, there needs to be no minors or else its gotta be upstairs in the restaurant area, so if there is any minors attending please raise your hand now.

    also in order to reserve for a large party there is basically a $4000 fee, we dont have to pay this right up front but our COMBINED tab between ALL of us needs to come to 4000$, so say it comes to 2500$ we would need to fork over 1500$ in rental fees, the wife and I discussed this briefly and we are thinking it would be maybe a better idea for all of us locals to meet well before the show at the Kingston instead of booking, like at 130 or 2 pm for those that can make it at this time, we will then basically "take over" the downstairs rec room and the rest are free to join whenever they want, it will be pretty dead in there at 2 so if 15-25 of us all show up at the same time we will be able to basically reserve the entire downstairs while swindiling our way out of paying the set fee. or if its the general consensus that we will spend 4000$ dollars total we can book it but we feel that its pretty risky.

    Let me know what everyone thinks.....

    also I know there is some animosity between the pit and RM, does anyone have moral objections with me posting the specs about the meet up over there ????


    Sounds like a good plan .....I will not be able to come until after work so probably between 4:30 and 5:30
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  • drsnjrg
    drsnjrg Posts: 58
    No minors here!!

    We're driving in, so we won't be in until sometime later that afternoon, probably 4 or 5, maybe earlier. I agree that paying to rent the entire place is pretty risky, could you imagine if only a small handful of people show? OUCH!!
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    drsnjrg wrote:
    No minors here!!

    We're driving in, so we won't be in until sometime later that afternoon, probably 4 or 5, maybe earlier. I agree that paying to rent the entire place is pretty risky, could you imagine if only a small handful of people show? OUCH!!
    i think there is one or two minors.
    not meeee tho! horahh! take that USA!


    i can come around 2 prob! if i get home from europe in time!!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • drsnjrg
    drsnjrg Posts: 58
    Europe? Nice!! This is my vacation LOL We just moved a few months ago and have too many renovations to get done, so this is the best "vacation" we're getting for this year
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    drsnjrg wrote:
    Europe? Nice!! This is my vacation LOL We just moved a few months ago and have too many renovations to get done, so this is the best "vacation" we're getting for this year
    whereabouts are you?
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • drsnjrg
    drsnjrg Posts: 58
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    whereabouts are you?
    Kootenay country :D You?
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    drsnjrg wrote:
    Kootenay country :D You?
    langley :P
    uggghhhh sooooooOOOoo lame.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • drsnjrg
    drsnjrg Posts: 58
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    langley :P
    uggghhhh sooooooOOOoo lame.
    Langley's not lame! We visited some relatives of a buddy of ours, it's a nice place!
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Anyone wanna hit up Whistler on the 1st?
    NERDS!
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Anyone wanna hit up Whistler on the 1st?
    if theres no show in seattle i would...
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • mdgsolo
    mdgsolo Posts: 796
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    ok so heres the deal with the Kingston, in order to book the downstairs rec room, there needs to be no minors or else its gotta be upstairs in the restaurant area, so if there is any minors attending please raise your hand now.

    also in order to reserve for a large party there is basically a $4000 fee, we dont have to pay this right up front but our COMBINED tab between ALL of us needs to come to 4000$, so say it comes to 2500$ we would need to fork over 1500$ in rental fees, the wife and I discussed this briefly and we are thinking it would be maybe a better idea for all of us locals to meet well before the show at the Kingston instead of booking, like at 130 or 2 pm for those that can make it at this time, we will then basically "take over" the downstairs rec room and the rest are free to join whenever they want, it will be pretty dead in there at 2 so if 15-25 of us all show up at the same time we will be able to basically reserve the entire downstairs while swindiling our way out of paying the set fee. or if its the general consensus that we will spend 4000$ dollars total we can book it but we feel that its pretty risky.

    Let me know what everyone thinks.....

    also I know there is some animosity between the pit and RM, does anyone have moral objections with me posting the specs about the meet up over there ????

    I'll be there with one other person too, and I'm thinking- do we have a count yet on how many people will be there total? I guess if we had a roster- it would be easier to do the math. I hosted the first CCFA benefit in Vancouver '05 and a lot of people showed up that didn't say they were coming, but a quite a few didn't show up that I was expecting to see- although I hear a lot of people got hung up in traffic. As a side note- the place we hosted the pre-party (Yale) at was pretty useless for providing us with support or help of any kind. Plus the service pretty much sucked balls despite the fact I was in regular contact before hand for several weeks with management giving them plenty of notice and programming. The local CCFA people were fantastic though!

    I guess the point being, I wouldn't neccesarily make any overatures to the venue financially, but you might present it to them as a succesful charity event that has been moved from its previous location because of a lack of support- as well as give them a heads up for staffing about the influx of nut jobs like us. I think if it's presented to management as such, we could easily fill up the downstairs and would have no problems reaching expenditures that would more than compensate them for their accomodations.

    Lastly, I think everyone from RM should know about it too. Gimmee a break- a feud between fans of two different message boards- that is so juvenile. I am embarassed to even hear about it...
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    if theres no show in seattle i would...

    Cool, keep me in the loop then.
    NERDS!
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Cool, keep me in the loop then.
    and of course if i get my flights worked out hahaha.
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    mdgsolo wrote:
    I'll be there with one other person too, and I'm thinking- do we have a count yet on how many people will be there total? I guess if we had a roster- it would be easier to do the math. I hosted the first CCFA benefit in Vancouver '05 and a lot of people showed up that didn't say they were coming, but a quite a few didn't show up that I was expecting to see- although I hear a lot of people got hung up in traffic. As a side note- the place we hosted the pre-party (Yale) at was pretty useless for providing us with support or help of any kind. Plus the service pretty much sucked balls despite the fact I was in regular contact before hand for several weeks with management giving them plenty of notice and programming. The local CCFA people were fantastic though!

    I guess the point being, I wouldn't neccesarily make any overatures to the venue financially, but you might present it to them as a succesful charity event that has been moved from its previous location because of a lack of support- as well as give them a heads up for staffing about the influx of nut jobs like us. I think if it's presented to management as such, we could easily fill up the downstairs and would have no problems reaching expenditures that would more than compensate them for their accomodations.

    Lastly, I think everyone from RM should know about it too. Gimmee a break- a feud between fans of two different message boards- that is so juvenile. I am embarassed to even hear about it...
    I agree with all of this. As far as a roster, isn't the list in 1st post a minimal? I know for a fact some that are coming that aren't on the list, so it should more than make up for the few that can't make it. Plus, it's early yet, way more people will add their names I'm sure. Also, I agree it should be posted on RM. The more the merrier! :)
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  • vedderfan10
    vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Doin' my best to keep up with the "roster"... at this point we should have around 70 people from this board alone (assuming everyone brings a friend)...

    And if mgdsolo wants to help out with the Wishlist stuff (along with Foxymop), please do so! I have no idea what I'm doing! I feel like I'm floundering already. Getting the stuff from Wishlist to BC might take a long time, and it would be best to go to someone on the mainland anyway (I'm on Vancouver Island - and no, Vancouver is not on an island)...

    I will be in touch with the Vancouver Chapter of Surfrider to see if anyone from there would like to attend the pre-party...I will also email CFOX and a couple of radio/broadcasting folk I know that maybe could come and MC or maybe cough up some goodies.... I emailed Ten Club regarding any specific or general cause Ed wanted us to support, but I have not heard back (busy sorting out the ticket issues, I imagine)....

    Whew! More updates to come, I'm sure!!
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  • soundgrunger
    soundgrunger Posts: 218
    I'll be there for the pre-party, now I just need tickets for the show! :p
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Vedderfan10 wrote:
    Doin' my best to keep up with the "roster"... at this point we should have around 70 people from this board alone (assuming everyone brings a friend)...

    And if mgdsolo wants to help out with the Wishlist stuff (along with Foxymop), please do so! I have no idea what I'm doing! I feel like I'm floundering already. Getting the stuff from Wishlist to BC might take a long time, and it would be best to go to someone on the mainland anyway (I'm on Vancouver Island - and no, Vancouver is not on an island)...

    I will be in touch with the Vancouver Chapter of Surfrider to see if anyone from there would like to attend the pre-party...I will also email CFOX and a couple of radio/broadcasting folk I know that maybe could come and MC or maybe cough up some goodies.... I emailed Ten Club regarding any specific or general cause Ed wanted us to support, but I have not heard back (busy sorting out the ticket issues, I imagine)....

    Whew! More updates to come, I'm sure!!
    Hey, if you want to have Laura send the stuff to me I'd be glad to bring it up. I'll pm Laura and see what she says. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Vedderfan10 wrote:
    Doin' my best to keep up with the "roster"... at this point we should have around 70 people from this board alone (assuming everyone brings a friend)...

    And if mgdsolo wants to help out with the Wishlist stuff (along with Foxymop), please do so! I have no idea what I'm doing! I feel like I'm floundering already. Getting the stuff from Wishlist to BC might take a long time, and it would be best to go to someone on the mainland anyway (I'm on Vancouver Island - and no, Vancouver is not on an island)...

    I will be in touch with the Vancouver Chapter of Surfrider to see if anyone from there would like to attend the pre-party...I will also email CFOX and a couple of radio/broadcasting folk I know that maybe could come and MC or maybe cough up some goodies.... I emailed Ten Club regarding any specific or general cause Ed wanted us to support, but I have not heard back (busy sorting out the ticket issues, I imagine)....

    Whew! More updates to come, I'm sure!!


    yeah or you can have it sent here, i live like 3 blocks from rhe kingston and the cnetre.
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